Mine detail: Antoine Mine

Previously called 'CliffordTraders'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.85083, -88.03836

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Hematite, Magnetite, Goethite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	STRATABOUND
Discovery year:	1849

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Deposit type:	Banded Iron-Rich Sedimentary Deposits
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1895 TO 1925, EXCEPT FOR 1908, 1912, 1915, 1919, AND 1921-1924.
First production started:	1895
Last production ended:	1925

Geology

Host rock:	Vulcan Iron Formation
Host type:	Iron Formation
Structure:	Major troughs into which Iron fm. has slumped; regional trends are E-W to N
Alteration processes:	Leaching of silica or replacement by iron oxides or a combination of these processes.

References

MRDS	W062017
DEP	10082668
Reference	{Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, 2D ED.: CLEVELAND, OHIO, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 334 P.}{Deposit:: BAYLEY, R.W., AND OTHERS, 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE MENOMINEE IRON-BEARING DISTRICT, MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 513, 96 P.}{Production:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, P. 107-128.}
Reporter	Mason Jr., G.T., Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.)